# Futuristic car ID **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 25, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-car-id/968543 "2022-07-25T19:35:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-car-id/968543/1 "2022-07-25T19:35:10Z")
I saw this photo in a meme today. [https://forum.watmm.com/uploads/monthly\_2022\_07/20220711\_120154.jpg.3f8e6073e1c126f7a241a11b50ea77b1.jpg](https://forum.watmm.com/uploads/monthly_2022_07/20220711_120154.jpg.3f8e6073e1c126f7a241a11b50ea77b1.jpg) I can’t find anything about it. It would be nice to know about the house, but I’m curious as to the year, make, and model of the car; and any other information on it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-car-id/968543/2 "2022-07-25T19:50:40Z")
Here’s the house. > **[Spaceship House](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/spaceship-house)** > > Live long and prosper in Tennessee. Built in 1972 . I haven’t found anything about the car yet. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-car-id/968543/3 "2022-07-25T20:01:09Z")
Cool. Not a great design for the carport, though. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-car-id/968543/4 "2022-07-25T20:09:21Z")
I’m guessing that it is a mock-up with no interior to speak of and no motor, and that if you tried to move it you would have a pile of aluminum on the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-car-id/968543/5 "2022-07-25T20:18:37Z")
The car looks better made than the house. ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-car-id/968543/6 "2022-07-25T20:35:54Z")
The car looks like a cross between the GM Firebird III concept car with a 1950 Studebaker Champion nose - using the “greenhouse” from a 1960’s coupe. Possibly a Packard concept car? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-car-id/968543/7 "2022-07-25T20:42:10Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I’m guessing that it is a mock-up with no interior to speak of and no motor, and that if you tried to move it you would have a pile of aluminum on the ground. I’d agree. The bodywork looks very amateurish in workmanship. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-car-id/968543/8 "2022-07-25T20:46:57Z")
I think Google Lens found the car: > **[Tulsa Man Creates Unique Car Design During Lockdown](https://www.newson6.com/story/60842fad5200b50bbd73fe59/tulsa-man-creates-unique-car-design-during-lockdown)** > > A Tulsa man’s Covid-19 lockdown project is catching the eye of folks across Tulsa. It's not something you see every day, but it's sure to brighten the mood of those who do. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-car-id/968543/9 "2022-07-25T20:52:03Z")
Good detective work! Heh. I thought the windshield and top looked like a Miata… ---
**Author:** ![Retzbu\_Tox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/retzbu_tox/32/11829_2.png) [@Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retzbu_Tox)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-car-id/968543/10 "2022-07-26T04:15:33Z")
Here’s a good picture of the “CARvid-19”. [![](https://i.redd.it/ww9bivu5fv291.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/ww9bivu5fv291.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-car-id/968543/11 "2022-07-26T05:34:25Z")
That looks like a lowrider version of an Airstream. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-car-id/968543/12 "2022-07-26T10:45:02Z")
Guessing you’re not going to have a very tight turning radius with the front wheels covered like that. ---
**Author:** ![Francis\_Vaughan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/francis_vaughan/32/3093_2.png) [@Francis\_Vaughan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francis_Vaughan)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-car-id/968543/13 "2022-07-26T12:11:51Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Heh. I thought the windshield and top looked like a Miata… There is a lot of Miata in there. The original had an aluminium bonnet, looks as if it was just stripped and polished, and you can see the original pop-up headlights, just with aluminium covers. Original wheels poking out under there as well. The owner said he inherited it from his late father. I now officially feel old. I owned a 1990 Miata from new. I still miss it some days.